Tesla Cybertruck

I hope the entire frame and underbody structure is made from that special stainless steel. At least you could drive it through the salted winters of the northeast without rotting away.

I'm having a hard time seeing where the "truck" part is.
And where do you put your dog?

I could design the exterior of a truck in about 5 minutes and have something look better

Another interesting feature, 120v and 240v outlets.

That seems to be catch 22 if you are not plug in to shore power in fear of battery drain. But if you have an RV plugged to shore power, you don't need these outlets -- well, except the 240v.

midnightsadie wrote:
this was not made for any body over 25yrs old. the very young will love it.

Probably could merge the what is a SUV thread with this one. Because this in not a pickup. Load any loose material, mulch, dirt, gravel...nope. Fifth wheel...nope. Gooseneck...nope. Toolbox...nope. Very disappointing.

Apparently people likes ugly.

Tesla's cybertruck ordering portal keeps on crashing since last night.

The problem for me is that I might not anymore have the money to pay for my order with Tesla's stocks tanking in the market. Dang!

Both of my teenage daughters think it is "awesome looking".

Me, not so much.

The $100 down payment, which is refundable, will get lots and lots of hits and will make him look like the Emperor HE THINKS HE IS! That's a great commercial gimmick for something that might or might not ever become available.

this was not made for any body over 25yrs old. the very young will love it.

afidel wrote:
I think they are sandbagging on the tow rating, with a 3,500lb payload on the base truck and electric drive they can pull a hell of a lot more than 7k pounds. I think I might change my next purchase from a 5er to a travel trailer so I can pull with the tri-motor, ~250 miles of towing range without using any gas is going to be great. The only interesting thing would be that I'd need 2x 50A spots reserved, one for the TT and one for the truck to refill (that or a splitter and a smart device that limits the truck to whatever the TT isn't using).

250 miles towing with the 500 mile rated truck might be possible in favorable conditions.

Splitting power should not be any trouble. Still might take 48 hours to fully charge a very depleted battery on a shared 50a supply.

Bird Freak wrote:

afidel wrote:
I think they are sandbagging on the tow rating, with a 3,500lb payload on the base truck and electric drive they can pull a hell of a lot more than 7k pounds. I think I might change my next purchase from a 5er to a travel trailer so I can pull with the tri-motor, ~250 miles of towing range without using any gas is going to be great. The only interesting thing would be that I'd need 2x 50A spots reserved, one for the TT and one for the truck to refill (that or a splitter and a smart device that limits the truck to whatever the TT isn't using).

I think you will need to rethink your range when towing.

That's the killer for electric trucks. It takes a lot of energy to tow something so your range would suck, and recharges are slow - if even available. Most of our camping is primitive or in no service campgrounds, so we'd show up and then have to kick the genny on to recharge the truck? I think EV's can make a lot of sense in some vehicles such as commuters, but we are a long way off from them making sense in this role.

That said lots of F150s do nothing but commute and I guess there's nothing wrong with an electric pickup if that's all you do with it. This particular version is awfully ugly but concepts are often far different looking than the final product.